DODGERS 4, PHILLIES 3: Dodgers pull it out in ninth

When Hanley Ramirez steps to the plate, the cheers don't measure up to the crowd's eruption for now-famous teammate Yasiel Puig.

But lately none of the Dodgers, not even the 22-year-old Cuban right fielder, have been receiving ovations as they leave the plate the likes of those for Ramirez.

The Dodgers shortstop went 3 for 4 Saturday night with a three-run home run and a double, and scored the game-winning run on A.J. Ellis' ninth-inning, walk-off single in L.A.'s 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in front of 52,455 at Dodger Stadium.

In fact, Puig may have suffered one of his worst nights as a Dodger, committing a crucial ninth-inning error that led to the Phillies erasing a one-run lead. Ellis, however, cleaned up the mess with a one-out single through the right side to give the Dodgers their seventh win in the last eight games and pull them within five games of the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.

"Hanley practically won the game for us single-handedly," Ellis said. "I just had a small part at the end."

Puig, who mistakenly kicked Ben Revere's sixth-inning base hit into the right field stands for a ground-rule double, was scored with an actual error in the ninth when Michael Young's leadoff single rolled under his glove, allowing the tying run to second base. Young advanced to third on an ensuing groundout and tied the game in a most unexpected fashion.

Jimmy Rollins' flyout to center field was shallow enough that Matt Kemp's throw was in time to prevent Young from scoring, but the one-hopper blocked by Ellis got far enough away from the catcher that Young alertly scampered home on an error scored to Kemp.

The run was earned, however, as newly appointed Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen (2-3) blew his third save in eight chances this season, but ended up the winning pitcher.

Puig finished a modest 1 for 4, following a first-inning single with two ground-ball outs and a flyout. Despite the win, his ninth-inning error was weighing on the right fielder following the game, according to Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.

"We talk about with Yasiel, we're going to take the good with the bad," Mattingly said. "Everything's a learning experience. So every one of those plays, you learn from it and you move on. It didn't hurt us, so you get away with one tonight."

Ramirez extended his hitting streak to 11 games after entering Saturday with a .472 batting average during the streak that led the National League.

His 14 RBIs during the streak led the major leagues.

Ramirez even made the defensive play of the game with a diving stop of Ryan Howard's ground ball up the middle of the eighth inning. He flipped the ball to second base just in time for the final out of a tenuous frame that included a put-out of the potential tying run at home plate.